SUSE Linux Enterprise 12-SP3 SUSE-SU-2017:3225-1 Important: Local Exploit
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December 6, 2017
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Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000405: A bug in the THP CoW support could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory of other processes and cause them to crash (bnc#1069496). - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages (bnc#1069702). The following non-security bugs were fixed: Fix a build issue on ppc64le systems (bsc#1070805) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
References
#1069496 #1069702 #1070805
Cross- CVE-2017-1000405 CVE-2017-16939
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000405.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16939.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069496
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069702
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070805
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:3225-1
Rating: important
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